إِنَّ الخَضيبَ لَفي بَلاءٍ مُطبِقٍ

إِنَّ الخَضيبَ لَفي بَلاءٍ مُطبِقٍ

ما بَينَنا في ذاكَ مِنهُ خِلافُ

ما بَينَنا في ذاكَ مِنهُ خِلافُ

The Dyed One is surely engulfed in affliction;

Indeed, al-Khadib is in all-encompassing affliction.

among us, there is no disagreement about that.

There is no disagreement between us about that concerning him.

لا سَيِّما إِن ظَلَّ يَعمَلُ نُسخَةً

لا سَيِّما إِن ظَلَّ يَعمَلُ نُسخَةً

وَتَسَوَّدَت مِنهُ بِها الأَطرافُ

وَتَسَوَّدَت مِنهُ بِها الأَطرافُ

Especially if he keeps working on a manuscript copy,

Especially if he keeps making a copy,

and through it his fingertips turn black.

And his extremities turn black through it.

إِن كانَ بَزّازاً وَكانَ كَما بَدا

إِن كانَ بَزّازاً وَكانَ كَما بَدا

فيهِ بَدا وَكَأَنَّهُ إِسكافُ

فيهِ بَدا وَكَأَنَّهُ إِسكافُ

If he is a cloth merchant, and is as he appears,

If he was a cloth merchant, and was as he appeared

he appears as though he were a cobbler.

In it, he appeared as though he were a cobbler.